Now, speaking to Women’s Wear Daily, Steven Kolb, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) has hit out at West, stating that he was not made aware of West’s plan, leading now to a clash in the schedule.

Kolb said: “Once again, CFDA was not approached or consulted about the possibility of Kanye West showing on the official New York Fashion Week schedule. As the scheduler of the week, the CFDA works with more than 300 brands to identify appropriate times for them to show their collections and avoid scheduling conflicts. Not going through the proper channels is disruptive to the whole week and unfair to designers who have secured spots through the formal procedure.”

“This bad behaviour is not acceptable to the CFDA and should not be tolerated by the industry. Because of this, the CFDA will not list Kanye West on the official schedule. However, the CFDA is more than willing to work with Kanye on securing an available time slot.”

This appeared to scupper any plans West may have had to bring his live show to the UK and Europe in 2017. Before then, it had been heavily rumoured that he was preparing to announce UK and European dates.